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Older brother Eli then features in another clip, seen firing questions at his dad in a nod to the famous scene from Uncle Buck when Macaulay Culkin interrogates John Candy.

Chris has made no secret of the fact that his family will be a part of his new show.

In another video: Son Eli is seen looking baffled as he watches his father chatting away next to a radio, but can only hear static

New venture: After pressing a button on his radio, Chris' voice can then be heard

Tuning in: Eli explains what you need to do if you want to listen to ‘Dad on the radio’

'To what extent will I involve my family in order to make the new show a hit? The answer is infinite. I’m sorry, that’s just the way it is,' he said previously. 'It’s all hands on deck here, including the little ones.'

'The little ones' he speaks of are twins Walt and Boo, whom he and Natasha welcomed in September. Chris has a fifth child, his eldest, Jade - who is 33 and from his relationship with Alison Ward.

While Chris never wed Alison, he has in fact been married twice before Natasha, whom he wed in 2007.

Chris was married to actress Billie Piper from 2001–2007, and presenter Carol McGiffin from 1991–1998.

Working from home: 'To what extent will I involve my family in order to make the new show a hit? The answer is infinite. I’m sorry, that’s just the way it is,' he said previously. 'It’s all hands on deck here, including the little ones,' he said

Chris will take to the airwaves from 06.30AM – 10.00AM on weekdays, and the first week of the show will be ‘a week of Fridays’ with guests and a live music performance every day.

There will be no ad breaks during the broadcast, allowing listeners to have the same uninterrupted audio experience they’ve come to expect from Chris Evans’s award-winning BBC Radio 2 show.

On the same day he teased his new venture, Zoe Ball took the reins of his Radio 2 slot, revealing that Chris had left her a 'lovely' note telling her to 'breathe' as she took over the slot.

The DJ, 48, is the first female host of the flagship programme in its 51-year history and she started her first show with Aretha Franklin's anthem Respect and the introduction: 'It had to be a dame'.

Maiden voyage: Zoe Ball pictured during her new debut show today as she took over from Chris Evans on the Radio 2 breakfast show

First up: Zoe's first guests were John Cleese and star baker Nadiya Hussain, who brought in a magnificent cake to mark the occasion

She has become the BBC's highest paid woman after being handed a £1.2million a year salary and arrived at Wogan House in London clutching a bag emblazoned with the words 'hold it together' ahead of the maiden broadcast.

Taking to the air she admitted to some nerves and declared: 'Welcome to the first ever Zoe Ball Breakfast Show, I've been so excited about saying that!'

Her guests were comedian John Cleese and Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain.

Speaking afterwards she revealed: 'I did get a note from Chris, which was really lovely. Chris was saying remember to breathe, remember to time check. That really meant a lot actually.'

On going head-to-head with him on his Virgin Radio rival show, she said: 'It will be like history repeating itself! Yeah, bring it on!'

Making a statement: Zoe arrived clutching a bag emblazoned with the words 'hold it together' as she took over from Chris

From Saturday Superstore to Radio 2 breakfast host: How Zoe Ball rose to fame to become first woman to present flagship BBC show

Broadcaster Zoe Ball is to take over fronting the BBC Radio 2 breakfast show from Chris Evans - 20 years after she took over the Radio 1 gig.

The mother-of-two has been in the public eye since she was a child - but is about to take her biggest job

The daughter of former children's TV presenter Johnny Ball first appearance came as a child when she sat in the audience on Saturday Superstore when her father was a guest on the 1980s show.

Her TV presenting roles include Channel 4 morning show The Big Breakfast and BBC Saturday morning children's programme Live And Kicking, which she co-hosted with Jamie Theakston between 1996 and 1999.

After Live And Kicking, Ball and Theakston teamed up once more for a chat show on Channel 4 called The Priory, which was commissioned by outgoing Radio 2 breakfast show host Evans' then company Ginger Productions.

Ball was then first solo female Radio 1 breakfast show host as Evans' replacement, she is the first woman to present the equivalent on Radio 2.

She was a regular presenter of Top Of The Pops between 1996 and 1998 and she co-hosted the Brit Awards in 2002 with comedian Frank Skinner.

Away from work she has also hit the headlines.

The broadcaster has two children from her 18-year marriage to DJ Norman Cook, aka Fatboy Slim, 17-year-old son Woody and daughter Nelly, eight.

The couple announced their separation in 2016 and a year later tragedy struck when her new boyfriend took her own life.

During a special programme called Zoe Ball's Hardest Road Home, which aired in March this year, she spoke about the loss of her former partner, cameraman Billy Yates, who was found dead at his home in 2017 at the age of 40.

As part of the documentary Ball cycled more than 350 miles over five days, from her birthplace of Blackpool to her home town of Brighton.

She raised more than £1 million for Sport Relief as well as awareness for mental health causes.

In June this year she shared her pride at marking two years of sobriety. She shared an image on Instagram saying: 'I have been sober from alcohol for 2 years.'

She wrote: 'Special moment. 2 years no booze - through two of the toughest years of my life, I'm not sure I'd have survived intact had it had not been for my sobriety & recovery'.